TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers will have one more week to spend time with their families and meet with constituents.

TALLAHASSEE --- Florida posted a slight increase in tourism during the third quarter of 2025 from a year earlier, even as Canadians continued to back off on travel to the

The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments Feb. 4 in an appeal by a convicted felon who was one of 20 people accused by Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state

TALLAHASSEE — Backers of a proposed recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment filed a lawsuit Monday challenging directives by state elections officials that invalidated about 71,000 petition...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Monday unanimously rejected a proposal by Attorney General James Uthmeier that would have allowed certain state government lawyers to practice in Florida for

GRAYROBINSON lobbyists Dean Cannon, Angela Drzewiecki, Ryan Matthews, Joseph Salzverg and Jason Unger registered to lobby for Upward Communities, LLC.

LAKE-SUMTER COLLEGE BOARD MEETS

A Democratic candidate has emerged to try to succeed term-limited Rep. David Smith, R-Winter Springs, in 2026 in Seminole County’s House District 38.

Regulating pet insurance and providing a database about animal cruelty are among a handful of changes in state laws that take effect at the start of 2026. Several companies offer

KATHERINE MILLER AND FRANK TALBOT have been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis as judges in the 7th Judicial Circuit. Miller, of Daytona Beach, has served as a Volusia County judge

SUPREME COURT HOPEFULS INTERVIEWED

TALLAHASSEE — When Gov. Ron DeSantis was elected in 2018, the Florida Supreme Court had long been a source of irritation for conservatives.

TALLAHASSEE — State regulators want a judge to dismiss a Jacksonville cardroom operator’s lawsuit challenging the approval of a plan that could help lead to a new poker room in

Ben Sasse, a former U.S. senator from Nebraska who became president of the University of Florida, announced online Tuesday that he’s been diagnosed with metastasized, stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

The Florida House will hold one floor session and two full days of subcommittee meetings during the first week of the 2026 legislative session, according to a tentative schedule posted

ELECTION RESULTS CERTIFIED

TALLAHASSEE — Republican attorneys general from 21 states are trying to help sway a federal appeals court to uphold a 2023 Florida law that led to books being removed from

With Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, planning to quickly take up his priority “rural renaissance” plan, the Florida Senate has tentatively scheduled two floor sessions during the first...